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| Donald Fagen – Miss Marlene Lyrics
| 6 years ago
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Of course when it's either member of Steely Dan, the interpretation of drug use is always reasonably likely. My interpretation though is that Miss Marlene was the victim of a suicide because of her being heartbroken. |
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| Steely Dan – Chain Lightning Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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I thought that this would be another drug reference...Two principals given specific instructions to act out specific behaviors in order to identify themselves as potential buyers of $100,000.00 of controlled substances. 40 years later or even 30 years later would be 1935 or 1945. Either temporal reference would be good enough to be referential to Hitler. So sad but that's life. |
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| Steely Dan – Show Biz Kids Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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(I will use the word "he" to refer to "The Dan"...El Supremo also refers to some very good marijuana. Now it was detected "from the room at the top of the stairs" in "Countdown to Ecstasy" which was the same album where he "was smokin' with the boys upstairs". It is obvious that he was heavy into his usage of controlled substances by that time. The el supremo was something he pursued, perhaps while on tour in Washington, Ohio. |
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| Steely Dan – Black Cow Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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We're ignoring the obvious here...The emphasis during the chorus is on the words "OVER NOW!"..."BIG BLACK COW!" He's talking to an African-American woman and telling her to "get outta here". |
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| Steely Dan – The Royal Scam Lyrics
| 14 years ago
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St. John could be San Juan, but if the song is already so literal, it could just as easily literally be "the city of St. John" on the island of St. John in the US Virgin Islands. The angry race of fallen kings, once again, a literal reference to the involuntary immigrants who were brought to the US centuries ago.
Far from mediocrity though. Probably one of the best "songs of (or perhaps more aptly about) the 20th century" before Aja. |
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